So now our scene's all ready to bring in a logo.Let's just do that.We want to choose File > Open and navigate to the chapter three folder.And we can choose this spaces_textured.C4D file and open it.And if we take a look, we've got anextruded set of extruded paths to make up the word spaces.And you can see that there.And it's all in grouped into a fracture object so thatwe can add some mobile effectors to actually animate these letters.

And this was created from an Illustrator file.And, if you want to go ahead and have ago at creating your own version, you can do so.There's some Cinema 4D essential training, which goes through this process.So we're going to Copy and Paste this spaces logo into our main scene.And I'm just going to select the object and choose Edit > Copy.And you might want to choose Command+C or Control+ C if you want the shortcut.And we'll go back into our other sceneby using Window and choosing the 302.c4d file.

So if we Command or Control+V to pasteinto the scene, the, fracture spaces object isbrought in, as well as the carbon fibermaterial that you'll find in the content browser.And if we just scroll through, we can seethat it's in our scene, but it's quite big,so we're going to use the translate scale and rotateto actually position this to where we'd like it.So we'll press R to rotate and move this around.

If we go into our side view, the right viewhere, we can see that the, let's use the scaletool, see the axis is actually at the bottom ofthe logo, which is going to be quite handy so we can.Scale this down.I'm going to press and hold shift to constrain it to 10 percent increments.And just get this to a size that I'm happy with.I'm going to move it back in the shot and over a bit more.

And we'll probably find that we want to tweak this as we animate,but for now, I think just moving, rotating and scaling, and just scrubbing through.You've got a pretty good looking starting point.Let's just full screen here, so we can see it a bit more.And if we just hide the roof aswell by ALT+double-clicking on these traffic lights here.Yeah, we need to move over.And so, yeah.That's looking pretty good for a starting point.We're going to animate the logo throughout the rest of this chapter.

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5/15/2014

Film and television clients want strong openings for their shows. Adding a custom motion-tracked logo to the opening credits can add an extra burst of energy as well as reinforce the themes of the program. In this course, Andy Needham shows how to take existing footage, track it with the CAMERATRACKER node found in Nuke X, and import the data into CINEMA 4D. There, you'll learn how to use C4D's MoGraph tools to drive the motion of the logo toward its final resolve and match the lighting with the original background plate. Plus, learn how to bring it all together with color grading and optical lens effects back in Nuke.